World Cup fans go the extra mile on foot, bike and in a canoe

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England fans outside the Sun Life Stadium in Miami before Saturday's friendly against HondurasPA

James HiderRio de Janeiro

Last updated at 12:01AM, June 10 2014

Most fans will be stepping off a long-haul flight, but for some, arriving in
Brazil this week for the World Cup will be the end of an even longer
journey.

Among the more arduous pilgrimages to the tournament is that of four England
fans who have spent three months trekking 1,966km (1,220 miles) — a distance
picked to commemorate the nation’s only World Cup triumph — after setting
out from Mendoza in Argentina and walking through Uruguay and into Brazil,
while raising money to help drought relief efforts in the region.